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What Are Microbials?

What is Bacillus?

Bacteria are unique living organisms that live their entire life as a single cell. Bacillus is a specific type (genus) of bacteria which grow aerobically (with oxygen) and to some extent anaerobically (without oxygen) and forms spores.

What are Bacillus spores?

Bacillus spores are “bacterial seeds” which, much like a plant seed gives rise to one plant when given nutrients and water, give rise to one Bacillus cell when conditions are favorable for growth. Spores form when cells are stressed (i.e. nutrient starvation).

Bacillus spores have a distinct advantage over non-spore formers in adverse conditions because spores are:

Resistant to high heat

Resistant to dryness

Resistant to very basic/acidic conditions

Resistant to high salt environments

Why Bacillus?

Spore formation – increased stability in adverse/harsh conditions

Production of extracellular enzymes

Metabolically diverse – grows on a wide variety of organic and inorganic substrates

Production of fungicides, insecticides and other antimicrobial compounds

Production of phytohormones – produces compounds that enhance plant growth

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